Cohn appoints three administrators in Port Angeles School District

PORT ANGELES -- The musical chairs continue with administrative positions in the Port Angeles School District. Schools Superintendent Gary Cohn announced Wednesday that Choice Community… Continue reading

Controversial helmet law to be reconsidered by Port Townsend City Council

PORT TOWNSEND -- The City Council voted Thursday night to revisit the city's controversial bicycle helmet law passed by a split vote late last year.… Continue reading

Management teams wants no Sequim elk north of U.S. Highway 101

SEQUIM -- Zero elk north of U.S. Highway 101. That's the goal agreed upon by members of the Dungeness Elk Working Team, which held its… Continue reading

‘Absolutely not’: Covarrubias denies killing 15-year-old girl

PORT ANGELES -- Taking the stand in his own defense Wednesday, accused killer Robert Gene Covarrubias admitted to being a methamphetamine addict, but repeatedly denied… Continue reading

Boy, 14, convicted of molesting girl receives suspended sentence

PORT ANGELES -- A 14-year-old boy convicted in February of molesting a 6-year-old girl at a Port Angeles church's Sunday service daycare received a suspended… Continue reading

New garbage rates and choices begin July 1

PORT ANGELES -- It's in the can. The city will enter a new era of garbage collection and disposal beginning July 1. Port Angeles will… Continue reading

Olympic Bus Lines restarts service to Port Townsend today

PORT TOWNSEND -- Olympic Bus Lines rolls back into Port Townsend today to fill the transportation void left when Pennco Transportation shut down operations almost… Continue reading

OMC OKs contracts with nine Virginia Mason clinic physicians for eight-month solution –

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center approved eight-month personal service contracts Wednesday with nine Virginia Mason primary care physicians. The agreements totaled $660,867 -- salaries… Continue reading

Port Angeles councilman recovering from kidney removal surgery

PORT ANGELES -- Longtime councilman and former mayor Gary Braun has missed the last two City Council meetings and may miss a third in May.… Continue reading

RainFest 2006 is a quilting affair –

FORKS -- Snips, strips and string. RainFest 2006 in Forks is stitched together in quilting. It's not a mistake that the design on this year's… Continue reading

Barnes trial postponed until October

PORT ANGELES -- The trial of a Port Angeles man accused of high-level drug dealing has been postponed until October, putting it right before Election… Continue reading

Brasfield to testify next week in lawsuit against Jefferson County jail; trial resumes today

TACOMA -- Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Brasfield is expected to take the stand next week in a federal civil lawsuit against Jefferson County and jail… Continue reading

D”Amico denies shooting occurring at Security Services site

PORT TOWNSEND -- The president of embattled Security Services Northwest vowed to abide by the county's stop work order, which forbids shooting on the site,… Continue reading

Defense experts question evidence in Covarrubias trial; defendant takes stand today

PORT ANGELES -- In the world of science, where repeatable proof is the standard, there is not definitive evidence that Melissa Leigh Carter was strangled… Continue reading

Mats Mats Bay considered again for graving yard

MATS MATS BAY -- The Mats Mats rock quarry is one of two sites being evaluated for a graving yard to construct state Highway 520… Continue reading

Projections show Jefferson County headed toward deficit spending

PORT TOWNSEND --Budget projections for Jefferson County's general fund, which finances most of the county's mandated services, show the county will run out of financial… Continue reading

Sequim Early Learning Center closure adds to preschool crunch

SEQUIM -- Preschools are precious here. And come summer, openings for young children are likely to become even fewer. The nonprofit Sequim Early Learning Center… Continue reading

Accused Chimacum principal will receive $20,000 in salary since arrest if School Board approves

CHIMACUM -- Rex Whipple, the Chimacum High School principal facing an August trial in Superior Court on allegations he secretly shot videos of a 15-year-old… Continue reading

California animal group complains to federal agency about game farm; operator says group is “off base””

SEQUIM -- A California animal protection group says that visitors to the Olympic Game Farm last year were in an unsafe environment. But a member… Continue reading

County posts homeland-security training center with signs prohibiting use

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County building and law-enforcement officials have stepped up their enforcement of the stop-work order issued last year on Security Services Northwest's… Continue reading